NASCAR O'Reilly Series

After a two-week break, the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will return to the track at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend for the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge. Nelson Piquet Jr. has one previous NNS start at the 1.5-mile oval, coming earlier this year where he brought home a top-20 finish

After a two week pause, the NASCAR Nationwide Series returns to action at Texas Motor Speedway this Saturday. It will be the sixth mile-and-a-half track on the schedule since August. In the previous five mile-and-a-half starts, Annett has earned two top-10 finishes and four top-15 finishes.

Houston native David Starr is set to race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race on Saturday, November 2 at Texas Motor Speedway. Starr, who has 38 starts across NASCAR's top three national touring series at the 1.5-mile track, now resides in Fort Worth, Texas and identifies Texas Motor Speedway as his "home track." With funding from several Texas-based partners, Starr will compete in the No. 55 Chasco Constructors / Striping Technology L.P. Chevrolet Camaro for Viva Motorsports with Frank Cicci.

This weekend Trevor Bayne and the No.6 Ford EcoBoost team return to Texas Motor Speedway for the second time in the Nationwide Series this season.

Travis Pastrana will make his second start at Texas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) this weekend. Earlier this season, Pastrana qualified 21st at the 1.5-mile track and worked his way into the top-15 before the team was forced to visit the garage for gear repairs, finishing 33rd.

In 74 starts at Texas Motor Speedway dating back to 1997, RCR has recorded one win (Jeff Burton, April 2007), eight top-five and 28 top-10 finishes with drivers Burton, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Green and Paul Menard. Prior to TMS's inaugural season in 1997, Richard Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, earned a pair of top-10 finishes at the now defunct Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas.

Following two off weekends in the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule, Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial travel south to Texas Motor Speedway for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300. Sadler has 11 Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile track, notching two pole awards, three top-five and five top-10 finishes. He also has experience at Texas in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with 18 starts, one win (2004), one pole award, one top-five and three top-10 finishes. Sadler made one appearance in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2010 where he started second and finished fifth.

Microsoft will re-join RAB Racing with primary Windows & Surface branding on the No. 99 Toyota Camry driven by Alex Bowman at Texas MotorSpeedway on Saturday, November 2nd. Texas Motor Speedway is a special track for RAB Racing and Bowman, home of their first NASCAR pole position in April of 2013.

Goody’s®, the brand known for its fast-acting headache relief, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., the driver known for his speed on and off the NASCAR track, are joining forces for a nationwide search to find Dale Jr.’s fastest fan.

Start and Park will never be for the famed Wood Brothers team, they plan on running the same amount of races as they have this year. Daytona 500 champ Trevor Bayne has been piloting the No. 21 Ford for the team in 12-events throughout the 2013 year. That plans to be the same for 2014.